We held the hand-size stars in our palms and watched their guts work to spit out the shells.

我们把巴掌大小的海星捧在手心，看着它们的内脏在活动，吐出贝壳。

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It did all our hearts good to see him spit in his hand, knit his brows, and make the blade sing through the air.

我们所有的人看到他往手上啐了口唾沫，拧紧眉毛，将弯刀舞得呼呼生风的样子都大为高兴。

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If one isn't providing the overwhelming temptation to spit out slavish rehash after slavish rehash, the other often walks hand-in-hand with the philosophy that self-editing is for the artistically compromised.

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